Milk pail



S p 2 1940- H. s. EASTWOOD MILK PAIL Filed July 27. 1939 4ffdPA EKS'.

Patented Sept. 24, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MILK PAILApplication July 27, 1939, Serial No. 286,796

2 Claims.

My invention is an improvement in pails for use when milking cows,goats, etc., by hand.

The several objects of my invention are: preventing entrance to the pailor floating or falling- 5 dirt; maintaining the edge over which milkmust 'be poured normally covered to keep it clean while allowing itsready exposure at the time of pouring; easy handling; locating all partsthat have to be touched by the milkers hands so that soil-' i ing ofhands will be. reduced to a minimum and so that milk will not flow overthem and be thereby contaminated; and providing atop or cover that maybe attached while in use but is easily detachable for cleaning so thatall parts of the i pail and top can be easily washed and visuallyinspected.

These several objects are attained in the construction hereinafterdescribed and explained.

In the accompanying drawing, which illusgo trates a preferred embodimentof my invention:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a complete pail assembled ready for use.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the pail body and top in position forpouring out milk. Fig. 3 is a top view of the pail.

5 Fig. 4 is a cross section of the top and the upper part of the pailbody showing how the pail top fits over and around the top edge of thepail body to keep it clean. Fig. 5 is a back view, and Fig. 6 a sideview (with the pail body and pail top in 30 section), of the detachablehinge connection between the pail top and the pail body.

I i is the pail body having a handle or bail l2 by which it can belifted and carried and, low down on one side, a handle I3 by which itcan 35 be tipped. Around the top of the pail there is a rolled rim It.

A pail top or cover 15 has a depending skirt l6, adjacent to which is anearly fiat annular portion ll. At about the center of the cover is alifting handle it. Near one side the cover has a large hole is and atthe opposite side a hook 20, which, in combination with an eye 2| on thepail body forms a detachable hinge connection between the pail body andcover.

5 When the top I5 is on the pail body i I the flat portion l1 rests ontop of the rolled rim M while the skirt l6 fits closely'around it,excluding dirt. With hook 2|] in the eye 2| and the top in the operatingposition, the top is securely held to the o pail body; but, if the topis turned nearly bottom side up, the hook can be disengaged and the pailbody and top can be separately washed and all surfaces exposed for easyinspection.

While milking the major portion of the pail 5 is covered to excludedirt.

22 indicates a strainer fitting in the hole in the top and adapted tocatch any dirt that may fall through the hole.

While milking, the rigid top covers the major portion of the pail toexclude falling dirt and its 5 perimeter keeps the rim of the pail bodyclean, while the strainer prevents entrance of dirt through the minorportion not covered by the rigidtop.

Whenthe milker'desires to empty the pail, the 10 same hand that holdsthe bail i 2 can grasp the lifting handle it and raise the top i 5 so asto expose a clean top edge of the pail body to pour the milk over and,at the same time, lift the strainer 22 above any level that milk willreach while being poured out. He can then, by raising the handle 13, tipthe pail bodyand pour the milk out over a clean edge without contactingthe same with the strainer.

After the pail is emptied the operator can release tipping handle l3 andlifting handle l8 and the pail body will return to a vertical positionand the top drop back to the position covering its top and edge.

From the foregoing descripiton it may be understood that I have provideda milk pail top or cover which, during use, will cover a major portionof the pail body and thereby exclude falling dirt, which will keep thetop edge of the pail body clean and which, while securely attached to sothe pail body duringoperation can, at other times, be readily removedtherefrom so that all surfaces are exposed and accesible for cleaningand inspection.

What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A milk pail for use when milking by hand comprising a pail body, acover the edge of which is detachably hinged to the edge of the pailbody and having, between its center and the edge op- 4,0 posite itshinged connection, a milk receiving opening, a carrying bail hinged toopposite sides of the pail body below its upper edge and at equaldistances from said hinged connection, and a cover-lifting handle solocated on the cover that, at preparatory to emptying the pail, the bailcan be lifted and the cover raised, by the same hand, to bring said bailand handle into alignment during the pouring out of the milk.

,2. A milk pail for use when milking by hand 60 comprising a pail body,a dome-shaped cover the edge of which is detachably hinged to the edgeof the pail body and having, between its center and the edge oppositeits hinged connection, an opening to receive milk, a strainer coveringsaid 5 nection, a body-tipping handle on the pail body directly belowsaid hinged connection and nearer the bottom than the top of the body,and a coverlifting handle so located on the top of the cover that,preparatory to emptying the pail, the bail can be litted and the coverraised with one hand to bring said handle and bail into alignment andraise said strainer above the adjacent edge of the pail body and thebody tilted to discharge the milk 5 without contact with the strainer.

HERBERT SPENCER EASTWOOD.

